On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
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> Hello All, A new addition to the output just before hang .
>
> > Linux version 2.2.13-0.9 (root@pappy) (gcc egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux
> > (egcs 1.1.2 release)) #3 Tue Feb 1 15:05:50 PST 2000
> > Booting os Sable using machine vector Sable from SRM
> > Command line: root=/dev/sda3 bootdevice=sda2 bootfile=vmlinux.gz
> Initial ramdisk at: 0xefefefefefefefef (172893013083003244847 bytes)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > t2_init: HBASE was 0x2000
> > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
> > Calibrating delay loop...
ah, that makes more sense.
You are using a kernel with "initial ramdisk support".
Now, the bootloaders on alpha (aboot and MILO) usually do not support this yet,
and even worse, these pointers are simply uninitialized and may return bogus
values as above. Try to boot a kernel without initrd support or, if you are
using aboot, you could try a patched version which can either load an initial
ramdisk or otherwise initializes these pointers as zero.
My currently used patchset is at ftp.suse.com/pub/people/ro/aboot.
But I still don't understand why this should hang at calibrating the delay
loop...
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with kind regards (mit freundlichem Grinsen),
Ruediger Oertel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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does "DONT PANIC" give a hint ?
